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“Con Sabor a Puerto Rico”

The Reception and Influence of Puerto Rican Salsa in Venezuela

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Musical Migrations

Abstract

Puerto Rican musicians have put their stamp on the twentieth century and beyond with impressive musical contributions to the Americas and across the globe. This chapter presents a view of these Puerto Rican contributions from the perspective of Venezuelan musicians and aficionados. It also presents the argument that Puerto Rican musicians on the island and in New York have facilitated the development of salsa music as an idiom that has inspired musicians from other islands and countries and has given them the space to develop their own musics. The evidence presented here derives from musical analysis as well as from ethnographic data (gathered mainly in Caracas from 1993 to 1994) concerning the Venezuelan reception of Puerto Ricans, ranging from presalsa musicians such as Noro Morales and Humberto Morales to modern innovators such as Rafael Cortijo and Ismael Rivera.

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Berríos-Miranda, M. (2003). “Con Sabor a Puerto Rico”. In: Aparicio, F.R., Jáquez, C.F. (eds) Musical Migrations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230107441_4

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